The nation's Roman Catholic bishops issued a document Friday warning against what they consider the moral dangers of embryonic stem cell research, saying it treats human beings as commodities and reduces procreation to a manufacturing process. ...more

June 14, 2008

It sounds far-fetched - sticking needles in women to help them become pregnant - but a scientific review suggests that acupuncture might improve the odds of conceiving if done right before or after embryos are placed in the womb. ...more

February 8, 2008

More U.S. women are giving birth later in life than in previous generations — even postponing their first pregnancies into their 40s. The number of mothers giving birth at age 40 or older nearly quadrupled between 1980 and 2004, the National Center for Health Statistics reports. ...more

September 20, 2007